With end of semester only a couple of weeks away, a trip to Phuket was just amazing to relax a bit! I flew in Saturday evening and grabbed a cab to my hostel which was awesome - just a couple of blocks from the beach, super friendly staff and a huge area downstairs complete with pool, boxing ring and pool table! On Sunday I spent the day lazing by the pool reading then hit the markets in the evening for dinner. I was suprised how many Europeans were around! The ...

I arrrived Saturday afternoon into Bangkok, 3 days before starting the conference I came for so I had time to explore! The hostel I booked in to was really nice and I ate dinner there then crashed Saturday. On Sunday I got up and explored around Bangkok! It was a Buddhism holiday so a lot of things were restricted (like nobody could sell alcohol and all national monuments weren't allowing tourists for example!) and also everyone was wearing black. So because the...